LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the recent closure of schools in Zamfara State, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has, again, called on political leaders, at all levels of government, not to be blinded by their quest for power, ahead of 2023 elections, when the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has ordered all telecom operators to shut down their networks in Zamfara State. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission in a letter to all telecom operators on Friday said the action was one of the strategies taken by security operatives…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian High Commission in London in the United Kingdom has been shut after officials tested positive for COVID-19. Sources furnished THEWILL exclusively with the letter informing of the closure, which will last 10 days beginning from Thursday, when the strains of the deadly disease were detected in the Diplomats. Their infection…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters see him a returning liberation hero, who revived a long-lost dream of African nationhood from his flat in faraway south London. Critics see him as a dangerous insurgent who belongs behind bars. Like him or loathe him, though few would disagree that Nnamdi Kanu has come a long way since his…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-St Clairs Anglican Girls Grammar School, Offa, in Kwara State, was on Friday shut down following the alleged ‘Strange voice of Demons’. The strange incident caused panic among students and teachers of the school. Parents of students have been allowed to evacuate their wards, according to the Senior Principal, Mrs F.B Ogunwole….
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite assurances by the police authorities that the Abuja is safe, private schools in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, yesterday, hurriedly shut down their activities over fear of possible attack by kidnappers. LEADERSHIP learnt that some schools hurriedly sent their students home when news got to them over 200…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is tension in Umuahia, Abia State, following the discovery of a suspected explosive device by pupils of Union Primary School, Afaraukwu. The pupils of the school had found a bag and informed their teachers who alerted the school authorities. Vanguard gathered that the school has been shut while security agents have…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 618 schools have remained closed in six northern states over the fear of attack and abduction of pupils and members of staff, according to a tally by THISDAY. Also, barely three days after the abduction of 39 students of the Federal School of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, security…
